The early game Sim Ant by Maxis ( 1991 ) had resource gathering, and controlling an attacking army by having them follow a lead unit.

" The 3D version of the game was expected to become a flop, and its future release was even thought to be the fatal blow to an already poorly performing Maxis, which had failed to release profitable titles in the years since SimCity 2000.

Maxis canceled each of his accounts, but had he deposited his fortune in the Gaming Open Market he would have been able to keep a part of it.

Tilted Mill developed the fifth sequel of the SimCity series, titled SimCity Societies ( all previous titles had been developed by Maxis ).

* CBI is going to start fresh probe if Dayanidhi Maran had role in Aircel / Maxis Communications deal, CBI's investigations so far have been limited to decisions taken after 2007 by Maran's successor A Raja.

Maxis founder Will Wright likens them to " digital dollhouses.

Will Wright, Maxis co-founder

Maxis was founded in 1987 by Will Wright and Jeff Braun to help publish SimCity on home computers.

William Ralph " Will " Wright ( born January 20, 1960, in Atlanta, Georgia ) is an American video game designer and co-founder of the game development company Maxis, now part of Electronic Arts.

* Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts the 5th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards ; inducts Will Wright of Maxis to the AIAS Hall of Fame

After the initial Japanese release, Maxis president Jeff Braun contacted Saito regarding a worldwide release ; SimCity creator Will Wright informed Braun of the game.

Notably, it is one of the few games in the Maxis series that Will Wright did not work on, and the last Maxis game to be developed and released without supervision by Electronic Arts ( which acquired Maxis in the two months leading up to release and assisted development of Maxis games thereafter ).

* Maxis releases Will Wright's SimCity, the first of the " Sim " games and a revolutionary real-time software toy.

* Will Wright ( game designer ) ( born 1960 ), American computer game designer and co-founder of the game development company, Maxis

Over 1998, SimCity 3000 was meddled with somewhat, but Maxis was allowed to finish the game on its own time ; following this, Wright's efforts were thrown into The Sims, at the time seen as a major gamble for the company, as the dollhouse game was not seen as a match for the video game market's demographics.

The Sims was released that February ; its massive success buoyed Wright's reputation and saved Maxis as a separate working unit.

Maxis is widely regarded for its innovating simulation games, in which there is no specific goal to the player, making its games almost endless.

SimCity was Maxis ' first release and innovated the conception of gaming as there was no specific goal to be reached, meaning that it could neither be won nor lost.

With the release of The Sims 2 in 2004, Maxis ' logo was only displayed at the back of the box as well as the title screen at the launch of the game.

Maxis released The Sims 2 in 2004, a sequel title that features a full 3D environment as opposed to the original's dimetric engine.

" The website additionally likened the title to the then-upcoming and highly-anticipated Spore by Maxis Games, calling E. V. O.

However, the game's release was cancelled and it was eventually converted into the PC title SimTunes, published by Maxis, a division of Electronic Arts.

Maxis Sim games are real-time strategy / simulation computer games created by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts, usually distinguished by the use of Sim in the title as a prefix ( example: SimCity ).

Hedgehog's Dilemma is the title of a song and EP by Jani Galbov ( Maxis ).

Like these dozen or so others, Maxis referred to the title not as a video game but as a " software toy " because it remained faithful to the open ended philosophy of the company.

This is confirmed in an interview with a Maxis employee on a bonus disc released with The Sims: Makin ' Magic advertising The Sims 2 and also in early packaging of SimCity 2000 Special Edition.

Electronic Arts ( EA ) completed its acquisition of Maxis on July 28, 1997.

The first prints of The Sims featured Maxis ' logo prominently on the front, sides, and back of the box cover.

All releases from 2001 to 2003 bore the logos of both Electronic Arts and Maxis on the front and back of box covers.

Production of the game, its expansion packs and stuff packs were left to The Sims Studio as Maxis focused on their Spore franchise.

This is one of few Maxis ' games to feature goals on its plot as the player must complete five different phases and reach the space-traveling technology.

*" Simply Divine: The Story of Maxis Software ", circa 2000, on GameSpot by Geoff Keighley

SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Colony is a 1991 life simulation video game by Maxis and Maxis ' Third Product, focusing on ants.

The IOR Maxis were generally long overall, and raced boat-for-boat without handicap, unlike the rest of the IOR fleet which raced with a time correction factor depending on the boat's rating.

In a press statement on 26 April 2012, Swamy alleged that Advantage Strategic Consulting, a company owned by Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram, received a 5 % stake in mobile operator Aircel, as a condition for the 2006 Foreign Investment Promotion Board ( FIPB ) approval of Malaysian company Maxis Communications's investment in Aircel.

SimTown is a 1995 video game published by Maxis, much like the best selling SimCity and The Sims but on a smaller scale.

Following the closure of Kaleida Labs, Wainwright went on to serve as the principal architect of MaxScript, a scripting language for 3D Studio Max that has been used to process content for gaming and 3D applications such as the Maxis Sims programs ( see Automating The Sims Character Animation Pipeline with MaxScript ).

Depending on the news source, Servin claims to have done it because he was upset at being grossly overworked at Maxis or as some type of political statement.

There are several high profile celebrities who have signed on as spokespersons for Maxis, including big names such as Siti Nurhaliza, all the Akademi Fantasia's stars, along with many other local celebrities including yen

Under the urging of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, Maxis announce that it will re-list the company in Bursa Malaysia on November 11, 2009.

Maxis officially launched its 3G services on July 1, 2005 ( the 3G datacard service was soft-launched earlier in February 2005 ).

The game was published by Mindscape ( v1. 1 ) and later by Maxis ( v1. 1 + v1. 2 ) in 1993 on 5 diskettes.